Mine detail: Silver King

Previously called 'Mineral Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.09354, -113.81334

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Plumbojarosite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Oquirrh Fm Strike N 40 W, Dip 20 Ne. A Fault At The Bottom Of The Shaft Strikes N 60 W, Dip 30 Se, Throw 5 Ft.

References

MRDS	DC15198
DEP	10021207
Reference	{Deposit:: NOLAN,T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 177, P. 163.}{Deposit:: USGS MIN. RES. 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923}{Deposit:: USBM MIN. RES. 1926; 1928; 1946}{Deposit:: CONSV. COMP. DATE, 02-18-1965}
Reporter	Mc Coy, Gail, Wong, George (Tooker, Ed)